Welding job quoting software
Bead Board gives you a line-by-line quote builder with material markup, labor hours, and a PDF you can text to the customer from your truck. Duplicate a past job to quote similar work in minutes instead of starting from scratch.
Quick answer
Welding job quoting software builds the quote line by line: labor hours, materials off your price list with markup baked into the customer price, and a PDF you can send from your phone. In Bead Board the quote is also the job — approval moves it across the board and the invoice comes off the same lines, so nothing gets retyped and the numbers match to the penny.
Every past line item is searchable
Type "handrail" and see every bracket, post, and cap you have ever priced. What you charged, when, and for who. No more flipping through old spreadsheets or texting the guy who quoted it last time.
Update steel prices once, every quote gets it
Keep a price list with your go-to materials. When steel goes up, change the number once. Every new quote pulls the right price with your markup already baked in. No math on the tailgate.
Send the PDF from the truck
Hit share, pick the customer's number, done. They get a PDF with your logo, line items, and total before you leave the driveway. No laptop, no printer, no "I'll send it when I get back to the shop."
The quote becomes the job
In most shops the quote lives in one place and the job lives in another, and somebody retypes everything in between. In Bead Board they are the same record. The quote sits in the first column of the board. Customer approves, you drag it to Working. When it is done, the invoice generates from the same line items, reconciled to the quoted total down to the penny.
Your markup never shows up as a line the customer can argue about. It is grossed into the unit prices on every document. The customer sees a price per item and a total, and the math always adds up.
Quoting software compared
JobQuote IQ quotes machine-shop and fab work with real depth at $149 a month. Tradify quotes every trade and pushes invoices into Xero or QuickBooks, priced per user. Bead Board quotes welding work specifically: line items off your material price list, markup baked in, duplicate a past job, all of it from your phone, at $99 flat for the whole shop.
Bead Board vs JobQuote IQ • Bead Board vs Tradify • Bead Board vs QuickBooks
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Questions welders keep asking
Can I duplicate a past job to quote similar work?
Yes. Open any past job and duplicate it. The line items, descriptions, and material carry over. Adjust the quantities and prices for the new job and send it.
Does Bead Board handle invoicing?
Bead Board generates quote and invoice PDFs you can share with the customer. Most shops enter the final number into QuickBooks or their accountant's system. We are not trying to replace your bookkeeper.
Can the customer see the quote online?
Not yet. Right now you share a PDF. A customer-facing quote link is on the roadmap but we are shipping the simple thing first.
Does the customer see my markup?
No. The markup is baked into the unit price of every material line on the quote and the invoice. There is never a markup line on a customer document. The customer sees a price per item and a total.
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